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ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2019

Implementation of a Novel Electronic Patient-Directed Smoking Cessation Platform for Cancer Patients: Interrupted Time Series Analysis.

Meredith Elana Giuliani, Geoffrey Liu, Wei Xu, Mihaela Dirlea, Peter Selby, Janet Papadakos, Nazek Abdelmutti, Dongyang Yang, Lawson Eng, David Paul Goldstein and 1 more

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Article in Journal of medical Internet research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Proactive Referral to Behavioral Smoking Cessation Programs by Healthcare Staff: A Systematic Review.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023
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  2. Systematic Review of Smoking Cessation Interventions for Smokers Diagnosed with Cancer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  6. Strategies for Referring Cancer Patients in a Smoking Cessation Program.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Meredith Elana GiulianiPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1827-5590
Geoffrey LiuPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2603-7296
Wei XuPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0257-8856
Mihaela DirleaPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8176-5720
Peter SelbyCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5401-2996
Janet PapadakosPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6320-4156
Nazek AbdelmuttiPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6448-7810
Dongyang YangPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3377-8156
Lawson EngDivision of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4816-8385
David Paul GoldsteinPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9390-7928
Jennifer Michelle JonesPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8670-8514
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre · CACentre for Addiction and Mental Health · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundContinued smoking in cancer patients undergoing treatment results in significantly higher rates of treatment toxicities and persistent effects, increased risk of recurrence and second malignancy, and increased all-cause mortality. Despite this, routine tobacco use screening and the provision of smoking cessation treatment has yet to be implemented widely in the cancer setting.

objectiveThe objective of this study was to implement and evaluate the adoption and impact of an innovative Smoking Cessation e-referral System (CEASE) to promote referrals to smoking cessation programs in cancer patients.

methodsA patient-directed electronic smoking cessation platform (CEASE) was developed to promote smoking screening and referral and implemented at 1 of Canada's largest cancer centers. The implementation and evaluation were guided by the Ottawa Model of Research Use. An interrupted time series design was used to examine the impact of CEASE on screening rates, referrals offered, and referrals accepted compared with a previous paper-based screening program. A subsample of smokers or recent quitters was also assessed and compared pre- and postimplementation to examine the effect of CEASE on subsequent contact with smoking cessation programs and quit attempts.

resultsA total of 17,842 new patients attended clinics over the 20-month study period. The CEASE platform was successfully implemented across all disease sites. Screening rates increased from 44.28% (2366/5343) using the paper-based approach to 65.72% (3538/5383) using CEASE (P<.01), and referrals offered to smokers who indicated interest in quitting increased from 18.6% (58/311) to 98.8% (421/426; P<.01). Accepted referrals decreased from 41% (24/58) to 20.4% (86/421), though the overall proportion of referrals generated from total current/recent tobacco users willing to quit increased from 5.8% (24/414) to 20.2% (86/426) due to the increase in referrals offered. At 1-month postscreening, there was no significant difference in the proportion that was currently using tobacco and had not changed use in the past 4 weeks (pre: 28.9% [24/83] and post: 28.8% [83/288]). However, contact with the referral program increased from 0% to 78% in the postCEASE cohort (P<.001).

conclusionsCEASE is an innovative tool to improve smoking screening and can be implemented in both a time- and cost-effective manner which promotes sustainability. CEASE was successfully implemented across all clinics and resulted in improvements in overall screening and referral rates and engagement with referral services.

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Patient Reported Outcome MeasuresAdultFemaleHumansInterrupted Time Series AnalysisMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsQuality ImprovementSmokingSmoking Cessationimplementation scienceneoplasmsquality improvementsmoking cessation

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PMID30964445
PMCPMC6477574
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